Living in the DMV area, you have to acknowledge the Redskins. Although I'm a Ravens fan, the Redskins stadium is less than 40 miles away from M&T Bank Stadium, where the Ravens call home. So it is no surprise that I received emails and Facebook messages this morning regarding this morning's news.The people in Washington, D.C. couldn't have been anymore happier.

ESPN 980 in DC first reported that Vinny Cerrato, Executive VP of football operations, has resigned from his role with the Washington Redskins.

In a statement released by the team, Cerrato said, "We agreed that the franchise needs someone different in this position. I'm thankful to Dan Snyder and other members of his ownership team for the opportunities I've been given over the years."

For a lot of people in the area, this is great news. Fans have wanted a real GM to come in and bring in quality free agents as well as draft good players. But in all honesty, was Cerrato the real problem? I beg to differ if you say yes. This could mean nothing.

You see, Vinny is the fallout guy. He's always been known to be a "Yes Man" to owner Daniel Snyder, who's been working with the organization since Snyder bought the team 10 years ago. Snyder has not allowed anyone to come into this organization and make executive football decisions without his approval.



Remember, Snyder, hired Jim Zorn to be an offensive coordinator before even hiring a head coach. While Snyder eventually promoted Zorn to run the team, most head coaches bring in their own staff to run the team, yet an offensive AND defensive coordinator were in place prior to filling the head coaching vacancy.

Snyder is also a "win now" type of owner. He's been known to trade good draft picks for players, and loves to spend money on big name free agents to bring in the fans, as opposed to building from within. Remember Deion Sanders? Jeff George?? Adam Archuleta??? And although the Redskins picked up a future star in Brian Orakpo in this year's draft, he still did the Snyder-like thing, by bringing in DT Albert Haynesworth AKA the $100 million-dollar man. Haynesworth has been plagued with injury this season.



While Cerrato's resignation seems like a great notion, the fact remains that he did as he was told. Can Snyder allow a person with a great resume as a talent evaluator, finally come in and take over the team without the little-big man looking over his shoulder and adding his own input? That remains to be seen. In my mind, Cerrato is the scapegoat. But unless Snyder can bring in a Holmgren/Shanahan/Parcells type person to run the team fully without being a high paid gopher, then nothing's changed. Hopefully, he's taking strides to make some philosophical changes and relinquish some power over the team. Ahhhh, if only life can be so simple.

So long Cerrato. Who got next in the Redskins organization??